Must.........not.........post.........on........27 0........thread.........I can't fight it anymore. I was sort of, kind of, almost thinking about, buying into this "new premium bullet better on elk" thing and that it could have some legs so I watched this thread closely. Now I justthink that it's an illusion meant to confuse and distort what we all believe as individuals to be reality.
ORIGINAL: Dirt2
In our family, we have 2 270s, a 308, and a 300 Win Mag. Who do you think wounds the most elk? It ain't close. The 300 Win Mag wounds, and loses, more elk than the other 3 combined. Why? Because the 300 Win Mag user takes all your big caliber arguments and uses them as a license to let fly at any elk, any time.The rest of us use a bit of discretion inpicking our shots, even to the point of letting an elk go without shooting.
But I will say Dirt2 you represented your side of the argument quite nicely until you said this. In the future don't use someone who goes willy nilly with his.300 calas an argument to use a 270. I don't care if you are shooting a 22 LR or .50 BMG, the same shooting rules and disciplines apply. If you don't have those disciplines then what caliber\cartridge you are using is irrelevant. The problem lies in the brain of the lost soul, not on his shoulder.